Infection Control - ATI Chapter 11

Question 1

An infection occurs when the presence of a _____ leads to a chain of events.

Answer 1

presence

Question 2

All components of the chain must be present and intact for the _____ to occur.

Answer 2

infection

Question 3

A nurse uses infection control practices (medical asepsis, surgical asepsis, standard precautions) to break the ____ and thus stop the spread of infection.

Answer 3

chain

Question 4

_____ are the micro-organisms or microbes that cause infection.

Answer 4

pathogens